Coupling of protein assembly and DNA binding: Biotin repressor dimerization precedes biotin operator binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 937-948

  Streaker, Emily D ^a   Beckett, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative DNA binding; DNaseI footprinting; Rapid kinetics

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DNA; MONOMER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; KINETICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037474538     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01308-6     Document Type: Article

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